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Effects of Supplemental Acerola Juice on the Mineral Concentrations in Liver and Kidney Tissue Samples of Mice Fed with Cafeteria Diet

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We evaluated the impact of a supplemental acerola juice (unripe, ripe, and industrial) and its main pharmaceutically active components on the concentrations of minerals in the liver and kidney of mice fed with cafeteria diet. Swiss male mice were fed with a cafeteria (CAF) diet for 13 weeks. The CAF consisted of a variety of supermarket products with high energy content. Subsequently, animals received one of the following food supplements for 1 month: water, unripe acerola juice, ripe acerola juice, industrial acerola juice, vitamin C, or rutin. Mineral concentrations of the tissues were determined by particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE). Our study suggests that the simultaneous intake of acerola juices, vitamin C, or rutin in association with a hypercaloric and hyperlipidic diet provides change in the mineral composition of organisms in the conditions of this study, which plays an important role in the antioxidant defenses of the body. This may help to reduce the metabolism of the fat tissue or even to reduce the oxidative stress.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful for financial support from the following bodies: Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). The authors very much appreciate the kindliness of Graduate Program in Health Sciences (UNESC) and Physics Institute (UFRGS), for allowing usage of their equipments on performing this research.

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  1. Laboratory for Molecular and Celular Biology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Unit, University of Southern Santa Catarina, 88806-000, Criciúma, SC, Brazil

    Daniela Dimer Leffa, Francine Daumann, Luiza Martins Longaretti & Vanessa Moraes Andrade

  2. Physics, Statistics and Mathematics Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande, 95500-000, Santo Antonio da Patrulha, RS, Brazil

    Carla Eliete Iochims dos Santos

  3. Ion Implantation Laboratory, Physics Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Livio Amaral & Johnny Ferraz Dias

  4. Laboratory of Toxicologic Genetics, Post-graduation Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology Applied to Health (PPGBioSaúde), Lutheran University of Brazil, 92.425-900, Canoas, RS, Brazil

    Juliana da Silva

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Leffa, D.D., dos Santos, C.E.I., Daumann, F. et al. Effects of Supplemental Acerola Juice on the Mineral Concentrations in Liver and Kidney Tissue Samples of Mice Fed with Cafeteria Diet. Biol Trace Elem Res 167, 70–76 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-015-0276-9

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